Recent content by geordie_liam

done that nd checked the tappets, still not running right :(

yes im being a plum, turned it over till the drill bit slotted in place and locked the pump and had another spy through the hole and the slot is there but off to one side, am guessing it should be inline with the hole?do i just crack the 10mm bolts off on the pump and adjust it till its lined up?

ok busy checking pump timing now, turned the engine over by hand while looking through the wading hole till i found the "missing tooth" am i right in thinking its just a groove in the flywheel because with this lined up with the wading hole the pump is about half a turn out? surely it wouldn't...

cheers lads! i wont be able to get another look at it till tuesday as i work all weekend and get tuesday and wednesday off so will check the pump timing and fingers crossed it will be that :)

insured it today and gave it a run, smokey on boost (blue),flat as a fart and what sounds like terrible diesel knock, checked for play in the turbo and you can give it quite a wiggle so thats probably the cause of the blue smoke but could pump timing cause the other problem? how hard is it to...

thats what i had in mind but wasnt sure how to word it :D swapped the injectors today from the old engine and it seems so have cleared up the misfire, exhaust not smelling of diesel anymore but is still quite smokey, thinking maybe the diesel could have lubed up the bore a bit too much and...

the block was warped on my 300tdi so a freind sourced an engine from another site and i paid a local garage to fit it and now it has a misfire and the exhaust fumes reek of diesel, the lad who fitted it says they aren't liable with it being a second hand engine which to be fair is...

I'm off work for 2 weeks so got plenty time, should only take a couple of hours by the look of it, starting my offshore survival course on tuesday so will probably tackle it next weekend, cheers

cheers big lad, not wanting somekind of face distoring beast just want a bit more low down grunt, feels a bit flat before 2k, possibly due to the headgasket like

also what could i do to get a bit more grunt out of it? do they respond well to re-mapping? would a less restrictive exhaust help?

alrite peoples, just bought myself an N plate 300tdi for 500 notes, only problem is its drinking water like its going out of fashion, the headgasket just looks far too easy to do! is there somekind of catch?! if i unbolt ithe head will the bottom end fall apart?! am I right in thinking they're a...